Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000267/2006 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 16 May 2006.
1. The appellant pleaded not guilty to one charge of ‘common assault’, contrary to common law and punishable under section 39 of the Offences against the Person Ordinance (Cap.212) [Charge 1] and one charge of ‘resisting a police officer’, contrary to section 36(b) of the same [Charge 2] . In the end, he was, pursuant to section 45 of the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap.136), committed to the Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre for a period of 3 months. The appellant appeals against that order.